Stephanie Pfirman
Foundation Professor and Deputy Director, School of Ocean Futures and
Senior Sustainability Scientist,
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Arizona State University
Education
1979-1985 Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering – Ph.D., 1985, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
1974-1978 Colgate University – B.A., 1978, Geology Department, High Honors
Experience
2024-present Arizona State University – Deputy Director, School of Ocean Futures
2022-present Arizona State University – Foundation Professor, School of Ocean Futures and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
2018-2022 Arizona State University – Foundation Professor, School of Sustainability and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
2019-present Barnard College – Emeritus Professor
1990-2022 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University – Adjunct Associate Research Scientist. Arctic sea ice dynamics, Arctic climate and environmental change
1993-2018 Barnard College/Columbia University – Co-Chair/Chair, Barnard College Department of Environmental Science (Associate Professor 1993-1998; Professor 1998-2018)
Director of Interdisciplinary Initiatives (2008-2011)
Professor, Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Science (1993-2018)
Columbia Earth Institute Faculty (2009-2018)
2008-2009 Barnard College -- Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Grants and Interdisciplinarity
1990-1993 Environmental Defense Fund – Senior Scientist and Scientific Coordinator of the exhibition "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast," developed jointly with the American Museum of Natural History. Awarded the American Association of Museum's Curators' Committee award for one of the best exhibitions of 1993. Co-principal investigator and manager for EDF of the project including educational and public programs (budget: $3.7 million; involved liaison with 250 people, including international contributors). Analysis of Arctic environmental status and policy options. Participant on the US delegation to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program of the Arctic Council
1986-1989 University of Kiel and GEOMAR, Research Center for Marine Geoscience, Kiel, Germany – Research Associate. Research on Arctic sediment transport and deposition from sea ice and boundary currents. Manager of Arctic scientific programs, including the 1987 R/V Polarstern expedition. Participation on Arctic expeditions in 1988 and 1989
1984-1986 US House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment – Professional Staff. Responsible for analyzing and drafting legislation, organizing Congressional hearings, conducting oversight investigations, and writing speeches and briefing material. Performed policy and budget analysis for the Department of Energy's environmental programs (budget: $250 million), including health, climate, and marine issues and international environment and development. Served as a liaison between Congressional Members and the public and private sectors
1980-1983 Norwegian Polar Research Institute/University of Oslo, Norway – Visiting Investigator and Expedition Geologist. Participated on four multidisciplinary and international research cruises to the Barents and Arctic seas. Research on glacial discharge, sediment transport, ice-sediment interactions, and hydrographic analysis
1977-1979 US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Branch of Marine Geology – Oceanographer. Participated in environmental hazards and sediment transport assessment of east coast continental shelf. Responsible for data reduction and analysis, cruise preparation and coordination of scientific programs and logistics
Publications
2025 Accepted
*Gandhi, Y., A.K. Randall, M. Cruz, A. Padiyar, N. Richardson, S. Pfirman. Association Between Masculine Contest Culture and Turnover Intentions for Women STEM Faculty: The Moderating Role of Positive Dyadic Coping. Personal Relationships.
2025 Revise and Resubmit
Elliott, S., S. Pfirman, E. Bachrach Simon. Researchers Report Stronger Interdisciplinary Capacities by Participating in a Long-Term Cross-Disciplinary Team. Sage Open.
*Peterson, M. . Monakhova*, D. Maeroff*, P.K. Takata-Glushkoff*, F.P. Anjolaoluwa*, M. Arteaga*, P. Frankson*, C. Begay*, L. Shaffer*, S. BurnSilver, S. Pfirman, A. York. Preparing students and early-career researchers for ethical decision-making in community-engaged research in the Arctic. Polar Journal Special Issue.
*Song, D., P. Schlosser, S. Pfirman. Sea Ice Influence on the Neon Balance of the Surface Waters in the Arctic Ocean. Marine Chemistry.
2025 Submission Planned
*Claborn, K., *K. Lawless, *M. Monakhova, A. York, S. BurnSilver, S. Pfirman, A. Mahoney. Changes in the Framing of Sea Ice in Alaskan News Reporting.
Cruz, M., *Gandhi, Y. A.K. Randall, S. Pfirman. Women Faculty’s Experiences with Chronic Stereotype Threat and its Consequences in STEM Careers: The Importance of Interpersonal Work and Nonwork Support from Men. Proposal accepted for ms. submission to a Special Issue of Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Pfirman, S., A. Petrov, T. Degai, K.P. Takata-Glushkoff*, P. Frankson*, S. BurnSilver, A. York. Inside Out and Outside In – Advancing Arctic awareness and action through Arctic community and non-Arctic engagement. To be submitted to special issue of Polar Journal (invited).
Pfirman, S., P. Schlosser, A. Pasqualini*. Arctic surface waters reflect changes in sea ice trajectories, formation, and concentration. To be submitted to Ocean Science.
In Preparation
Chase, M. and S. Pfirman. Outside In: Education to Sustain Thriving Arctic Futures. PLOS Climate, invited.
Lovecraft, A. and S. Pfirman. Arctic Games: Playing with Uncertainty. To be submitted to Ecology and Society.
*student or postdoc
Published
Pfirman, S., & M. Gaughan, 2025. Polar Plasticity: Impact of COVID-19 on the US Polar Research Community. Sustainability, 17(4), 1737.
*Song, D., Newton, R., Schlosser, P., & Pfirman, S., 2025. The stable isotope δ18O dynamic fractionation coefficient between water and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Glaciology, 1-25.
*Fol, M., Tremblay, B., Pfirman, S., Newton, R., Howell, S., & Lemieux, J. F., 2025. Revisiting the Last Ice Area projections from a high-resolution Global Earth System Model. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 46.
*Fol, M., Tremblay, B., Pfirman, S., Lemieux, J. F., Newton, R., 2025. The Last Ice Area: Thinning Ice, Growing Responsibility. Behind the Paper. Published in Earth & Environment and Sustainability
Keilson. A.I., J. Reynolds, B. Garsten, H.J. Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Kanaka Maoli), G. Marks, S. Pfirman, & J.T. Roane, 2025. The Climate is Changing. How Should the Liberal Arts Respond? Public Books.
Orlove, B., Pfirman, S., Stovall, G., *Hernandez, T., *Redsecker, K., Eklund, K., & Simon, E. B., 2024. FutureCoast: A Playful Way to Assess Public Perceptions for Better Climate Change Communication. Environmental Communication, 1-23.
Pfirman, S., & Laubichler, M., 2023. Interdisciplinarity, gender, and the hierarchy of the sciences. Quantitative Science Studies, 1-4.
Rivera Maulucci, M., S. Pfirman, H. Callahan, Co-editors. Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity, 2023. Springer. 25 chapters, 447 pp. including:
Rivera Maulucci, M., S. Pfirman H. Callahan. Education for Sustainability: Connecting with Signs of Hope.
Pfirman, S. and G. Winckler, Perspectives on teaching climate change: Two decades of evolving approaches.
Pfirman, S., G. Fondahl, G. Hovelsrod, T. Mustonen, eds., 2023. Shaping Tomorrow’s Arctic. Special Issue printed edition, 14 articles, 222 pp. Including:
Pfirman, S., G. Fondahl, G. Hovelsrod, T. Mustonen, 2023. Shaping Tomorrow’s Arctic, Editorial.
Schlosser, P., Eicken, H., Metcalf, V., Pfirman, S., Murray, M. S., & Edwards, C. 2022. The Arctic Highlights Our Failure to Act in a Rapidly Changing World. Sustainability, 14(3), 1882.
Wysession, M., T. Furman, M. Holzer, J. Houghton, C. Manduca, S, Pfirman, V, Ricchezza, V. Tong, 2022. The American Geophysical Union Steps It Up on Climate Science Education. Connected Science Learning, NSTA. https://www.nsta.org/connected-science-learning/connected-science-learning-may-june-2022/american-geophysical-union
Pfirman, S., L. Hamilton, M. Turrin, C. Narveson, C.A. Lloyd, 2021. What do US Students Know about the Polar Regions? Witness the Arctic. ARCUS. https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2021/1/article/32185
Newton, R., Pfirman, S., Tremblay, L. B., & *DeRepentigny, P., 2021. Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution. Earth's Future, 9(9), e2021EF001988. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2021EF001988
O’Garra, T., D. Reckien, S. Pfirman, E. Bachrach Simon, G. Bachman*, J. Brunacini*, J. Lee, 2021. Impact of gameplay vs. reading on social-ecological systems thinking: A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach. Ecology and Society 26(2):25.
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12425-260225 https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss2/art25/
Gold, A., S. Pfirman, G. Scowcroft, Associate Editors, 2021. The imperative for polar education. Journal of Geoscience Education Polar Education Special Issue. Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 97-99.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2021.1903242
Pfirman, S., L. Hamilton, M. Turrin, C. Narveson, C. Lloyd, 2021. Polar Literacy of US Students as Indicated by Kahoot! Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 150-165.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2021.1877526
Pfirman, S., O’Garra, T., E. Bachrach Simon, J. Brunacini*, D. Reckien, J. J. Lee, E. Lukasiewicz*, 2021. “Stickier” Learning Through Gameplay: An Effective Approach to Climate Change Education. Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 192-206.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2020.1858266
*DeRepentigny, P., Jahn, A., Tremblay, L. B., Newton, R., & Pfirman, S., 2020. Increased transnational sea ice transport between neighboring Arctic states in the 21st century. Earth's Future 8 (3), e2019EF001284. Impact factor: 7.5 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019EF001284
Turrin, M., Pfirman, S., & Hamilton, L., 2020. Polar Fun and Games. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 34(1). https://www.current-journal.com/articles/abstract/10.5334/cjme.43/
Campbell, G.G., S. Pfirman, B. Tremblay, R. Newton, W. Meier, C. Fowler. 2019. SITU: Sea Ice Tracking Utility http://icemotion.labs.nsidc.org/SITU/
Schlosser, P., S. Pfirman, C. Edwards, N. Berman, S. Beschloss, R. Halden and M. Laubichler, 2019. Rapid Changes in the Arctic: This Story is Not Just about Polar Bears. Medium. https://medium.com/@asuglobalfuture/rapid-changes-in-the-arctic-this-story-is-not-just-about-polar-bears-db642cb28b2a
Pfirman, S., P. Culligan, E. Irwin, 2019, Building Sustainable Bridges: From a Workshop to a Comment to a Video. Nature Sustainability Community. (invited) https://sustainabilitycommunity.nature.com/users/262118-stephanie-pfirman/posts/49422-building-sustainable-bridges-from-a-workshop-to-a-comment-to-a-video
Pfirman, S., R.C. Smardon, M. Reiter, 2018. Supporting Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems Faculty. In Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems: Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries through Revealed Complexity. Editors: Will Focht, Mike Reiter, and Paul Barresi.
Irwin, E., Culligan, P., Fischer-Kowalski, M., Law, K., Murtugudde, R. Pfirman, S., 2018. Bridging Barriers to Advance Global Sustainability, Nature Sustainability 1, 324–326. Impact factor: 19.3
Goldman, G., K. Mulvey, P. Frumhoff, R. Sethi, S. Pfirman, H. Commoss. 2017. A Methodology for Assessment of Corporate Responsibility on Climate Change: A Case Study of the Fossil Energy Industry. Journal of Environmental Investing, 8(1), 160-181
Rice, J; Mercier, F; Tremblay, B; Pfirman, S; Tesar, C; Mosbech, Anders; Boertmann, David; Boye, Tenna; Christensen, Tom (reviewers) 2017. Remnant Arctic multiyear sea ice and the Northeast Water Polynya ecoregion. Natural Marine World Heritage in the Arctic Ocean, Report of an Expert Workshop and Review Process, 2017, p. 71-77
Hamilton, LC, J. Wirsing, J. Brunacini & S. Pfirman. 2017. Arctic knowledge of the US public. Witness the Arctic (1 May 2017). https://www. arcus. org/witness-the-arctic/2017/5/highlight/2
Hamilton, L., J. Brunacini, S. Pfirman, 2017. Eyes Off the Earth? Public Opinion Regarding Climate Science and NASA. https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/eyes-earth.
Newton, R., S. Pfirman, B. Tremblay, DeRepentigny, P. Increasing Transnational Sea Ice Exchange in a Changing Arctic Ocean. Earth’s Future. Accepted manuscript online: 26 APR 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000500/pdf
Martin PJS and Pfirman S. 2017. “Facilitating interdisciplinary scholars” Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity, 2nd Edition. Editors: R. Frodeman, J. Thompson Klein, and C. Mitcham, Oxford University Press (invited).
Newton, R., S. Pfirman, P. Schlosser, B. Tremblay, M. Murray, and R. Pomerance, 2016. White Arctic vs. Blue Arctic: A case study of diverging stakeholder responses to environmental change. Earth’s Future, 4, doi:10.1002/2016EF000356. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000356/full
DeRepentigny, P. Tremblay, L.-B., G. A. R. Newton, S. Pfirman, 2015. Patterns of sea ice retreat in the transition to a seasonally ice-free Arctic. Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0733.1.
NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education, 2015. America’s Future: Environmental Research and Education for a Thriving Century. NSF publication – (invited member of writing committee). http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/ac-ere/ac-ere_thriving_century.pdf
Huntington, H., S. Pfirman (co-chairs) and the Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic, 2014. “The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic.” National Academy of Sciences. 165 pp. (invited). https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18726/the-arctic-in-the-anthropocene-emerging-research-questions
Lee, J., S. Pfirman, T. Toynton, E. Matamoros, 2014. EcoChains: A Multiplayer Card Game to Teach Food Webs, Climate Change and Systems Thinking, Games+Learning+Society, June 11-14, Conference Proceedings.
Schlosser, P. and S. Pfirman, 2012. Earth science for sustainability, Nature Geoscience (invited) pp 587 – 588. doi:10.1038/ngeo1567 Impact Factor 16.9
Tremblay, B. P. Richard, S. Pfirman, 2012. Ice modelling: Understanding the Future, WWF The Circle Nr. 4, p. 10-11, (invited).
Trower, C., G. Barthalmus, B. Brown, S. Pfirman, E. Boylan, G. Phillips, P. Turner,
2012. Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, Council on Undergraduate Research (invited).
Pfirman, S. and M. Begg, 2012. Troubled by Interdisciplinarity? Science Careers online.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_04_06/caredit.a1200040
Committee on the Legacies and Lessons of IPY, 2012. Lessons and Legacies of the International Polar Year 2007-2008, National Academies Press, 200 p.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13321 (invited).
Kenna, T.C., Turrin, M., Pfirman, S., 2012. The "field" through a different lens, in Kastens, K.A., and Manduca, C.A., eds., Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences: Geological Society of America Special Paper 486, doi:10.1130/2012.2486(31) (invited).
Pfirman, S. chair, F. Lawrenz, G. Chin-Leo, K. St. John, R. Kinzler, S. Pompea, B. Herbert, 2011. COSEE Decadal Review Committee Report (invited). http://www.cosee.net/files/coseenet/COSEE%20Decadal%20Review%20Report%20final%20092411%203.pdf
Clark, S.G., M.M. Steen-Adams, S. Pfirman, R.L. Wallace, 2011. Professional Development of Interdisciplinary Environmental Scholars, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. Volume 1, Number 2 (2011), 99-113, DOI: 10.1007/s13412-011-0018-z
Pfirman, S; Martin, P; Danielson, A.; Goodman, R.M.; Steen-Adams, M.; Waggett, Caryl; Mutter, J.; Rikakis, T.; Fletcher, M.; Berry, L.; Hornbach, D.; Hempel, M.; Morehouse; Southard, R., 2011. Interdisciplinary Hiring and Career Development: Guidance for Individuals and Institutions, National Council for Science and the Environment.
Pfirman, S. and P. Martin, 2010. “Fostering Interdisciplinary Scholars.” Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity, Editors: R. Frodeman, J. Thompson Klein, and C. Mitcham, Oxford University Press, 624 pp. (invited).
Pfirman, S. C. Block, R. Bell, L. Roberson, P. Culligan, 2010. Perspective: Transitioning from Pet to Peer, Science Careers, January 29, 2010. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2010_01_29/caredit.a1000011
Pfirman, S., C. Fowler, B. Tremblay, R. Newton, 2009. The Last Arctic Sea Ice Refuge. The Circle, 4:6-8. http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/publications/the_circle/?183741/The-Circle-0409
Pfirman, S., B. Tremblay, C. Fowler, 2009. Going with the Floe: An analysis of the epic expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Sir Ernest Shackleton. American Scientist, 97: 484-493.
Pfirman, S. and the Committee on the Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products, 2009. “Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products.” Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Climate, Energy, and National Security; National Research Council 48 pp (invited). http://books.nap.edu/catalog/12631.html
Pfirman, S. 2009 “Changes in the North,” Chapter 2 in Climate Change: Picturing the Science. Editors: G. Schmidt, J. Wolfe, W.W. Norton & Co.320 pp (invited).
Pfirman, S., R.E. Bell, P.J. Culligan, P. Balsam, J.D. Laird, 2008. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 3: Developing a Research Plan. Science Careers, October 10, 2008. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2008_10_10/caredit.a0800148
Pfirman, S., P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, P. Culligan, J.D. Laird, 2008. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 2: Collaboration and Networking. Science Careers, February 2008. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2008_02_01/caredit.a0800016
Pfirman, S., P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, J.D. Laird, and P. Culligan, 2007. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 1: Publication, Citation, and Impact. Science Careers, November 2007. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2007_11_02/caredit.a0700155
Laird, J.D., R.E. Bell, and S. Pfirman, 2007. Assessing the publication productivity and impact of eminent geoscientists. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union 88 (38), 370-371.
Rhoten, D. and Pfirman, S., 2007. Women, Science, and Interdisciplinary Ways of Working, Inside Higher Ed, October 22, 2007. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/10/22/rhoten
Masque, P, J.K. Cochran; D. Hirschberg; D. Dethleff; D. Hebbeln; A. Winkler; S. Pfirman, 2007. Radionuclides in Arctic sea ice: tracers of sources, fates and ice transit time scales, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 54, issue 8, pp. 1289-1310, 08/2007.
Laird, J., R. Bell, G. Downey and S. Pfirman, 2007. Science of Diversity, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 88, No. 20, p. 220.
Son, L. T. Kenna and S. Pfirman, 2007. “A Metacognitive Pedagogy: The River Summer Project” College Quarterly, Volume 10 Number 2 http://www.collegequarterly.ca/2007-vol10-num02-spring/son_kenna_pfirman.html
Rhoten, D. and S. Pfirman, 2007. Women in Interdisciplinary Science: Exploring Preferences and Consequences. Research Policy. Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2007, Pages 56-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.08.001 Impact factor 8.1
Pfirman, S.L., T. Kenna, J. Cronin, L. Son, M. Land, 2005. A "River Summer" on the Hudson. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Vol. 86, NO. 43, doi:10.1029/2005EO430003
Pfirman, S. S. Hall, T. Tietenberg, 2005, The Frontlines of Interdisciplinary Education: Environmental Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges. Env.Sci.&Tech. Viewpoint section. Vol. 39, Iss. 10, pp. 221A–224A. http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/esthag-a/39/i10/html/051505feature_pfirman.html
Pfirman, S., J. Collins, S. Lowes, A. Michaels, 2005, Collaborative Efforts: Promoting Interdisciplinary Scholars. The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 11, 2005. p. B15-16. http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i23/23b01501.htm
Bell, R. J. Laird, S. Pfirman, J. Mutter, R. Balstad, and M. Cane, 2005, An Experiment in Institutional Transformation: The NSF ADVANCE Program for Women at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Oceanography: Special Issue: Women in Oceanography. Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2005.
Pfirman, S. R.E. Bell, M. Turrin, P. Maru, 2004, Education and Outreach for the International Polar Year, EOS 85 (49), p. 527.
Pfirman, S., W. Haxby, H. Eicken, M. Jeffries, D. Bauch, 2004, Drifting Arctic sea ice archives changes in ocean surface conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L19401, doi:10.1029/2004GL020666.
Pfirman, S., W. F. Haxby, R. Colony, I. Rigor, 2004, Variability in Arctic sea ice drift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L16402, doi:10.1029/2004GL020063.
Bell, R.E., KA Kastens, M Cane, RB Miller, JC Mutter, S Pfirman, 2004, Reply EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, p. 126.
Bell, R.E., M Cane, RB Miller, KA Kastens, JC Mutter, S Pfirman, 2003, Righting the Balance: Gender Diversity in the Geosciences. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, August p. 292.
Pfirman, S. and the AC-ERE, 2003, Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life and Society in the 21st Century, A report summarizing a 10 year outlook in environmental research and education for the National Science Foundation, 68 pp.
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/acere_synthesis_rpt.cfm
Hays, J.D., S. Pfirman, B. Blumenthal, W. Menke, K. Kastens, 2000, Earth science instruction with digital data. Computers and the Geosciences, 26, 657-668.
Schlosser, B. Ekwurzel, S. Khatiwala, B. Newton, W. Maslowski, S. Pfirman, 2000, Tracer studies of the Arctic freshwater budget. NATO ASI, Env. Security, 70, 453-478.
Schlosser, P., R. Bayer, G. Boenisch, L. Cooper, B. Ekwurzel, W.J. Jenkins, S. Khatiwala, S. Pfirman, W.M. Smethie, Jr., 1999, Pathways and mean residence times of dissolved pollutants in the ocean derived from transient tracers and stable isotopes. Science of the Total Environment, 237/238, 15-30.
Barrie, L., E. Falck, D.J. Gregor, T. Iversen, H. Loeng, R. Macdonald, S. Pfirman, T. Scotvold, E. Wartena, 1998, The Influence of Physical and Chemical Processes on Contaminant Transport, Chapter 3 of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Assessment Report: Arctic Pollution Issues, Oslo, Norway. pp. 25-116.
Hays, J. and S. Pfirman, 1998, Kites in the Gale: Columbia's New Environmental Education Curricula, Earth Matters, Fall 1998, pp. 16-17.
Lange, M. and S.L. Pfirman, 1998, Arctic sea ice contamination: Major characteristics and consequences. Physics of Ice-Covered Seas, M. Lepparanta, ed., Helsinki University Printing House, pp. 651-681.
Emery, W.J., C. Fowler, J.A. Maslanik, and S.L. Pfirman, 1997. New satellite derived sea ice motion tracks potential Arctic contamination. Marine Pollution Bull., 35, 345-352.
Ledley, T. and S.L. Pfirman, 1997, The impact of sediment-laden snow and sea ice in the Arctic on climate. Climatic Change, 37, 641-664
Pfirman, S.L., R. Colony, D. Nürnberg, H. Eicken, and I. Rigor, 1997. Reconstructing the trajectory and origin of Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(C6), 12,575-12,586, correction: 102(C10), 23,239.
Pfirman, S.L., J.W. Kögeler, I. Rigor, 1997. Potential for rapid transport of contaminants from the Kara Sea. The Science of the Total Environment, 202, 111-122.
Pfirman, S.L., P. Schlosser and R. Macdonald, 1997. Assessment of Contaminant Risks in the Arctic: Pathways and Processes that make the Arctic Ocean Unique. Arctic Research of the United States, 10, 11-23.
Pavlov, V. and S.L. Pfirman, 1995, Hydrographic structure and variability of the Kara Sea: Implications for pollutant distribution. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1369-1390.
Pfirman, S. and H. Kassens, 1995, Echo character of the Norwegian/Greenland Sea. In K. Crane and A. Solheim (eds.) Sea floor atlas of the Norwegian/Greenland Sea, Norsk Polarinstitutt Press, Oslo, Norway.
Pfirman, S.L., J. Kögeler and B. Anselme, 1995, Coastal environments of the western Kara and eastern Barents Seas. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1391-1412.
Schlosser, P., J.H. Swift, D. Lewis, and S.L. Pfirman, 1995, The role of the large-scale Arctic Ocean circulation in the transport of contaminants. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1341-1367.
Pfirman, S.L., H. Eicken, D. Bauch, and W.F. Weeks, 1995, Potential transport of pollutants by Arctic sea ice. Science of the Total Environment, 159, 129-146.
Crane, K. and S.L. Pfirman, 1994, Regional distribution of contaminants in the Arctic, Arctic Research of the United States, 8, 116-122.
Pfirman, S.L., D. Bauch and T. Gammelsrød, 1994, The northwestern Barents Sea: summer water mass distribution and circulation. O.M. Johannessen, R.D. Muench and J.E. Overland (eds.) The Polar Oceans and their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Geophysical Monograph 85, pp. 77-94.
Vogt, P.R., K. Crane, E. Sundvor, M.D. Max and S.L. Pfirman, 1994, Methane-generated (?) pockmarks on young, thickly sedimented oceanic crust in the Arctic: Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait. Geology, 22, 255-258.
Zelig, E. and S.L. Pfirman, 1993, Handling a hot topic -- Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, Curator, 36/4, 256-272 (invited).
Pfirman, S.L. and J. Thiede, 1992, Arctic Deep-Sea Research: the Nansen Basin Section, Special Issue of Deep-Sea Research, 39:S419-S623.
Pfirman, S.L. and J. Thiede, 1992(b), Bathymetrie und Plattentektonik der Fram Strasse zwischen Groenland und Svalbard. Geographische Rundschau, 44, 237-244.
Goldschmidt, P.M., S.L. Pfirman, I. Wollenburg and R. Henrich, 1992, Origin of sediment pellets on the Arctic sea floor: sea ice or icebergs? Deep-Sea Res., 39:S539-S565.
Pfirman, S.L., M. Lange, I. Wollenburg and P. Schlosser, 1990, Sea ice characteristics and the role of sediment inclusions in deep sea deposition: Arctic-Antarctic comparisons. In: Bleil, U. and Thiede, J. (eds.) Geologic History of the Polar Oceans: Arctic versus Antarctic, NATO ASI Series C, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 187-211.
Thiede, J., A. Altenbach, U. Bleil, R. Botz, P. Mudie, S.L. Pfirman, E. Sundvor and others, 1990, Properties and history of the central eastern Arctic sea floor. Polar Record, 26(256), 1-6.
Thiede J., S.L. Pfirman, H.-W. Schenke and W. Reil, 1990, Bathymetry of Molloy Deep: Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. Marine Geophysical Res., 12:197-214.
Elverhøi, A., S.L. Pfirman, A. Solheim and B.B. Larssen, 1989, Glaciomarine sedimentation on epicontinental seas--exemplified by the northern Barents Sea. Marine Geology 85:225-250.
Pfirman, S.L., J.-C. Gascard, I. Wollenburg, P. Mudie and A. Abelmann, 1989, Particle-laden Eurasian Arctic sea ice: Observations from July and August 1987. Polar Research 7: 59-66.
Pfirman, S.L. and A. Solheim, 1989, Subglacial meltwater discharge in the open marine tidewater glacier environment: Observations from Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago. Marine Geology 86:265-281.
Pfirman, S.L., I. Wollenburg, J. Thiede and M.A. Lange, 1989, Lithogenic sediment on Arctic pack ice: potential aeolian flux and contribution to deep sea sediments. In Leinen, M. and M. Sarnthein (eds.) Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport, NATO ASI Series C, Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, 282:463-493.
Polarstern Shipboard Scientific Party, 1988, Breakthrough in Arctic deep-sea research: The 1987 Polarstern expedition. EOS Trans., 69(25), 665, 676-678.
Pfirman, S.L., 1987, Sediment distribution of the Greenland Basin and the Fram Strait. Polar Research 5(3), 319-320.
Pfirman, S.L. and J.D. Milliman, 1987, Morphology, geology and oceanography of the Hinlopen Strait and Trough, Svalbard, Norway. Polar Research 5(3), 297-298.
Solheim, A. and S.L. Pfirman, 1985, Sea-floor morphology outside a grounded, surging glacier: Bråsvellbreen, Svalbard. Marine Geology 65, 127-143.
Butman, B.; Bryden, C.G.; Pfirman, S. L.; Strahle, W.; Noble, M. A., 1984, Long-term observations of bottom conditions and sediment movement on the Atlantic continental shelf; time-lapse photography from instrumented tripods. In Smith, P. F. (ed.) Underwater photography; scientific and engineering applications, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY, USA. p. 414-415.
Aubrey, D.G., D.C. Twichell and S.L. Pfirman, 1982, Holocene sedimentation in the shallow nearshore zone off Nausett Inlet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Marine Geology 47, 243-259.
Creative Works – Exhibitions, Games, etc.
Pfirman, S. 2023. ice*ice*arctic. Card game is based on the Kifikmi Sigum Qanuq Ilitaavut - Wales Iñupiaq Sea Ice Dictionary by Winton Weyapuk Jr. and Igor Krupnik (2012). Game by Stephanie Pfirman
Pfirman, S., J. Lee, N.D. Simmonds, 2023. EcoChains: Taimanigu Irrituruami. Digital game about Arctic marine system interactions, current and future risks, and strategic responses. Game by Stephanie Pfirman and Joey J. Lee. Translation by Elder Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds.
Pfirman, S, J. Lee, 2022. EcoChains: Arctic Futures, Ask a Biologist.
Campbell, Pfirman, SITU
Pfirman, S., S. Beattie, S. Beattie, R. Pricket, M. Turrin, 2019. Sustainable Futures Kahoot! Campaign. https://create.kahoot.it/profile/ASU_sustainability. Launched April 2019. >1,100,000 players as of December 2021.
Turrin, M., Zaima, L., Keen, C., & Pfirman, S., 2018. Climate challenge Kahoot! campaign. https://create.kahoot.it/profile/Columbia_University. Launched September 2018. >2,100,000 players as of December 2021.
Pfirman et al. Antarctic SMARTIC
Pfirman, S., J. Brunacini, P. Callahan 2012. Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study. CAMEL Climate Change Education Resources. http://www.camelclimatechange.org/view/game/51cbf3247896bb431f6abf0c/
Lee, Pfirman, EcoChains: Arctic Life
Lee, Pfirman, EcoChains: Antarctic Life
Lee, Pfirman, EcoChains: Arctic Crisis
MacPhee, R. (curator) and S. Pfirman (consultant), 2010. The Race to the End of the Earth, American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
Pfirman, S.L. et al. 1996, Opening of the human Habitat and “Climate Change and Life on Earth” exhibition at Biosphere 2 Center, Columbia University (Oracle, AZ), ca. 165,000 visitors annually.
Taylor, S., S.L. Pfirman, and E. Zelig, 1992-1997, "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast." Traveling exhibition: American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY) and 5 other museums, Nationwide audience: ca. 2,000,000.
Blogs/Outreach/Online Resources/Reports/Testimony
Pfirman, S. (editor) Changing life in the Arctic, 2022?. Ask a Biologist https://askabiologist.asu.edu/arctic-food-webs
Pfirman, S., 2022. Shackleton’s Endurance – Where could the floe go? American Scientist. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/the-long-view/shackletons-endurance-where-could-the-floe-go
Pfirman, S., 2022. How Arizona State University uses Kahoot! to gain insights into sustainability literacy. https://kahoot.com/business/resources/customer-stories/kahoot-asu-sustainability-literacy/
Pfirman, S., 2021. The Last Stand for Ice. Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol 108. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/listen-watch/last-stand-ice
Sethi, R., S. Pfirman, and S. Goldmark, 2017. The logic behind Barnard’s unique divestment proposal. Columbia Spectator. March 2. Accessed July 1, 2017. http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2017/03/03/the-logic- behind-barnards- unique-divestment-proposal/
Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment Final Report to the Barnard College Board of Trustees Committee on Investments December 7, 2016. https://barnard.edu/sites/default/files/bc-divestmentreport2-2016dec.pdf
Pfirman, S. 2016. Games and Climate Change. Academic Minute. https://academicminute.org/2016/09/stephanie-pfirman-barnard-college-games-and-climate-change/
Schlosser, P., S, Pfirman, R. Pomerance, M. Williams, B. Ack, P. Duffy 2016. A 5 ̊C Arctic in a 2 ̊C World http://climate.columbia.edu/files/2016/09/5C_Arctic_brochure_NEW_lowres.pdf
Pfirman, S., 2015. A Game of Strategy and Survival in the High Arctic. State of the Planet Blog | October 9, 2015. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/10/09/a-game-of-strategy-and-survival-in-the-high-arctic/
Pfirman, S., 2013. Explore the Arctic Ocean With ‘IceTracker.’ State of the Planet Blog | 12.10.2013 at 8:46pm. http://extranet.nsidc.org/IceMotion/
Pfirman, S. 2012, An Iceless Arctic. Academic Minute. Northeast Public Radio. Dec. 2012
Pfirman S, B. Tremblay, 2009. We still have a chance to save polar bears. New Scientist, issue 30 October 2009. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427325.800-we-still-have-a-chance-to-save-polar-bears.html
Pfirman, S. and D. Rhoten, Women, Minorities and Interdisciplinarity. Report from the Workshop, November 2007. http://advance.ei.columbia.edu/?id=wmi_home
Pfirman, S., P. Martin, L. Berry, M. Fletcher, M. Hempel, R. Southard, D. Hornbach and B. Morehouse, 2007. Interdisciplinary Hiring, Tenure and Promotion: Guidance for Individuals and Institutions, http://ncseonline.org/CEDD/cms.cfm?id=2042
Kenna, T., S. Pfirman, L. Son, B. Selleck “A River Summer on the Hudson” 2006 http://www.environmentalconsortium.org/workarea/projects/riversummer/teagle.htm
Pfirman, S. 2005, Early and Often: Strategies to Increase Womens’ Productivity, Recognition, and Impact –ebriefing on the New York Academy of Sciences website:
http://www.nyas.org/ebrief/miniEB.asp?ebriefID=430
Pfirman, S., J. Collins, S. Lowes and A. Michaels, 2005, To Thrive and Prosper: Hiring, Fostering and Tenuring Interdisciplinary Scholars. Project Kaleidoscope Resource:
http://www.pkal.org/documents/Pfirman_et-al_To-thrive-and-prosper.pdf?CFID=288067&CFTOKEN=35865063
Hall, S. T. Tietenberg, S. Pfirman, 2005, Environmental Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges: Findings and Recommendations. Project Kaleidoscope Resource:
http://www.pkal.org/documents/Environmental%20Programs.pdf?CFID=288067&CFTOKEN=35865063
Pfirman, S. R.E. Bell, M. Turrin, P. Maru, 2005, Bridging the Poles: Education Linked with Outreach. A Report on the Workshop. 23-25 June 2004. Washington, D.C. 944 pp.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mkt/PolarED_Web.htm
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/polar_workshop/
Pfirman, S. Keynote - Making Interdisciplinary Education Work, 2005,
http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=15087
Pfirman, S, M. Albert, J. Carlstrom, J. Priscu, M. Cameron, J. Palais, J. Dionne: Working Group on Implementation of Review Criterion #2, 2001. http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/opp_advisory/oaccrit2.htm
Pfirman, S. and W.F. Haxby, 2000, Animation of Arctic Sea Ice Origin and Age. http://www.geomapapp.org/arctic/ice_movies/
Hajost, S., S.L. Pfirman, and J. Sterne, 1994, Radioactive contamination in the Arctic Region and Threats to the Marine Environment and Human Health, testimony before the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, US House of Representatives, September 30, 1993, US Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., K. Crane, and P. DeFur, 1994, Arctic Contaminant Distribution, Northern Perspectives, 21(4), 8-15.
Pfirman, S.L., S.A. Hajost, and K. Crane, 1993, Arctic pollution clean-up long overdue, Christian Science Monitor, Opinions, February 8.
Pfirman, S.L. and S. Hajost, 1993, Radioactive and other threats to the United States and the Arctic resulting from past Soviet activities. Testimony before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, August 15, 1992. S.Hrg.102-1095, 402-425, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., 1993, Asking the Right Questions. Proceedings: New perspectives on the Arctic, The changing role of the United States in the Circumpolar North, A conference on U.S. Arctic policy, August, 12-14, 1992, Un. of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Pfirman, S.L., S.A. Hajost, and K. Crane, 1992, We have to protect no-longer-pristine Arctic, New York Times, Letter to the Editor, December 29.
Pfirman, S.L., 1990, Sedimentation from sea ice in the eastern Arctic Basin and Fram Strait. In: Kotlyakov, V.M. and Sokolov, V.E. (eds.) Arctic Research: Advances and Prospects, Proceedings of the Conference of Arctic and Nordic Countries on Coordination of Research in the Arctic, Leningrad, December, 1988, pp. 66-68.
Wollenburg, I., S. Pfirman, and M.A. Lange, 1990, Sediment in Eurasian Arctic Sea Ice. In: Ackley, S.F. and Weeks, W.F. (eds.) Sea Ice Properties and Processes: Proceedings of the W.F. Weeks Sea Ice Symposium, CRREL Monograph 90-1, 102-106.
Spielhagen, R. and S.L. Pfirman (eds.), 1988, GEODATA: Geoscientific report on the ARK IV/3 expedition of the PFVS POLARSTERN, summer, 1987, to the central eastern Arctic Basin. Berichte 21, Geologisch-Palaontologisches Institut und Museum, der Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel.
Thiede, J., S.L. Pfirman, G.L. Johnson, J. Mienert, and T. Vorren, 1988, Arctic deep-sea drilling: Scientific and technical challenges of the next decade. In A. Ayala-Castanares, W. Wooster, and A. Yanez-Arancibia (eds.) Oceanography 1988, UNAM Press, Mexico D F, pp. 41-58.
Congressional Hearing Reports (1986):
Fiscal Year 1986 DOE Budget Authorization: Environmental Research and Development: March 20, 26, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, no. 38, 237 pp., U.S. Gov. Printing Office.
Contraceptive Technology: April 23, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99:83, 214 pp., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Ocean Incineration of Hazardous Waste: June 13, 25, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99:61, 170 pp., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Africa and Hunger: Climate, September 19, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Africa and Hunger: Population, October 17, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., 1985, Modern sedimentation in the northern Barents Sea: Input, dispersal and deposition of suspended sediments from glacial meltwater. Ph.D. thesis. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Tech.Rep. WHOI-85-4, January, 1985, 382 pp.
Popenoe, P., Butman, B., Paull, C. K.; Ball, M.M., Pfirman, S.L., 1981, Interpretation of graphic data on potential geologic hazards on the Southeastern United States Atlantic continental shelf. In Miscellaneous Field Studies Map; MF-1276U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA. 3 sheets.
Butman, B. and S.L. Pfirman, 1980, Sediment transport and the Southeast Georgia Embayment. USGS. Miscellaneous Field Study Map.
Butman, B., Folger, D.W.; Pfirman, S., 1980, Bottom currents and bottom sediment mobility in the offshore Southeast Georgia Embayment; Part 1, An instrument system for long-term sediment transport studies on the continental shelf; Part 2, Observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement in the Southeast Georgia Embayment. In Popenoe, P. (ed.) Final report; environmental studies, southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf 1977; Open-File Report - US Geological Survey ; OF 80-0146, p. 4.I.1-4.I.34-4.II.29, US Geol. Surv., Open-File Serv. Sect., Branch Denver, Colo., United States.
Butman, B. and S.L. Pfirman, 1979, A photographic sequence of bottom sediments, Georges Bank and New Jersey Shelf. USGS movie.
Butman, B. and Pfirman, S., 1979. Observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement in the Southeast Georgia Embayment. In: P. Popenoe (editor), South Atlantic Benchmark Program: Volume 5 - South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Geological Studies, Fiscal year 1976, Geology, Bureau of Land Management Report No. BLM/YM/ES - 79/11. U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. (1,2;po,ss)
Academic and Professional Honors
Emeritus Professor, Barnard College, 2019-continuing
Foundation Professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2018-continuing
Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 and Martin Hirschorn endowed chair in Environmental and Applied Sciences, Barnard College, 2005-2018
National Academy of Sciences National Associate, 2016-continuing
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2010-continuing
Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Environmental Science, 2001-2005
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Faculty for the 21st Century Network, Class of ’96, continuing
University of Wyoming, Haub School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Academic Program Review, 2023
American Geophysical Union, Chair, Education Policy Statement Revision, 2021
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences, Section W, Section Steering Group, at large representative, 2018-2022
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Committee on Opportunities in Science, 2015-2020
National Science Foundation SEES Program Evaluation Advisory Panel member, 2015-2018
Advisory Committee, InTeGrate: Interdisciplinary Teaching of Geoscience for a Sustainable Future, NSF-funded STEP Center, 2012-2017
National Academy of Sciences Arctic Matters symposium planning committee member, 2015-2016
National Science Foundation, Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education, 2010-2015
Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic, co-chair, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013-2014
National Science Foundation, Advisory Committee on the Merit Review Process, 2011-2012
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New Directions review panel, 2009-2013
Committee on the International Polar Year - Legacy Workshop Series, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011-2012
IPY Oslo Science Conference, 2010, “Informal initiatives and polar inspiration: IPY in museums, art, films, books and drama,” invited convener
Polar Research Board, International Polar Year Rapid Response Team, 2007-2009
Polar Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of the Sciences: member, 2006-2010
American Geophysical Union Committee Heads and Chairs Executive Committee member 2008-2010
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, president 2008 and 2009
Committee on the Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products, National Academy of Sciences, chair 2009
Reviews of environmental departments/programs:
Sweet Briar College 2009
Haverford College 2009
Bennington College 2008
St. Olaf College 2006
Oberlin College 2006
Southwest Minnesota State University 2006
NYC-International Polar Weekend at the American Museum of Natural History, led project, 2007-2009
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, Barnard representative and member of Executive Committee, 2005-2010
American Geophysical Union Committee on Education and Human Resources member 2006-2008
CEDD Interdisciplinary Tenure and Career Development Committee (ITCDC) co-chair 2007
Norwegian Research Council International Polar Year, overarching research proposal panel, member, June 2006
Norwegian Research Council International Polar Year, education, outreach, communication proposal panel, member November 2006
American Association for Advancement of Science, nominating committee. 2005-2008
Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities: member Steering Committee, 2004-2006, chair River Summer/Field Studies Task Group, 2005-2007
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Member of Mellon Environmental Studies Review Team, 2003-2004
NSF Assistant Director-GEO Search Committee, member, 2003
NSF Office of Polar Programs, International Arctic Research Center Oversight Council
NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education, chair 2001-2003, member of executive committee 2003
NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education, representative of the Office of Polar Programs, 2000
Guest Associate Editor for Annals of Glaciology, special IGS issue spring/summer 2000
NSF Office of Polar Programs, Office Advisory Committee, chair: 1998-1999, member of full committee 1997-2000, member of Executive Committee 1998-2000
Division of Undergraduate Education, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Review Panel, National Science Foundation, January 1998
Steering Committee for the Russian Arctic Shelf Lowland Initiative, National Science Foundation 1995-1997
Pew Scholars in Conservation and the Environment, inv. Independent Nominator, 1995&97
Key National Expert and member of the drafting committee for the international State of the Arctic Environment Assessment; member, US delegation to Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Arctic Council, 1993-1997
Current Membership in Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Courses Taught
Arizona State University:
Introduction to Climate Futures (CGF 194, 3 pts)
The course introduces the climate system and climate change, covering definitions, causes, evidence, consequences, and societal responses through a sustainability lens. It prepares students for further academic training and equips them with the knowledge and skills to engage in the (often contentious) discussions about the causes, impacts, and feasible responses to climate change. The course does not assume that students have any prior training on the various aspects of climate change.
Global Futures - Shaping Tomorrow, Today (CGF 194, 3 pts)
How can we co-produce – with the Planet – thriving futures? Travels back in time to understand how we got to where we are, and forward in time to define scenarios where well-being is attainable for all. Uses virtual reality, simulations, design challenges and other innovative approaches to consider system interdependencies and reciprocity, legacies of past values and decision-making, envisioning and designing alternative futures, and evaluation of implications.
Exploring Global Futures (CGF 494, 3 pts)
This course explores innovative ways to teach about global futures, including use of virtual reality, simulations and other media. Considers complex systems including interdependencies and reciprocity, legacies of past values and decision-making, and envisioning scenarios of alternative futures and their implications. Students will engage in development of lectures, VR elements, design challenges, and supporting resources within a universal classroom framework.
Master of Sustainability Leadership Applied Project (EMS 593, 3 pts)
Preparation of a supervised applied project that is a graduation requirement in some professional majors.
Master of Sustainability Leadership Capstone Prep (EMS 589, 3 pts)
One challenge for sustainability leaders is the translation of an idea to an actionable project or program which can lead to sustainable outcomes. Sustainability leaders must be able to collectively leverage their teams, resources, partners, and project management expertise if they are to address the complex sustainability issues that our society faces today, whether in business, public service, non-profit, entrepreneurial settings, or any other field.
This first capstone prep course will guide you through the initiation and planning stages of a sustainability project. Through this course, you will learn to connect, network, leverage, test, adapt, and plan implementation of a sustainability solution.
Master of Sustainability Leadership Capstone Prep (EMS 587, 1 pt)
This second capstone course will help guide you from a place of theory to hands-on implementation. A capstone is your theory in action, meaning you will connect, network, leverage, test, adapt, and finally implement your discovered area of change.
Navigating the New Arctic (SOS, 494/591, 3 pts)
Explores the Arctic, where we are seeing the first, and most dramatic, impacts of climate change. Examines navigating the new Arctic through responses to changes in social systems, the natural environment, and human-designed and natural infrastructure. Addresses multiple perspectives, including mitigation, adaptation, and communication; field based observations and modeling; community practice and academic knowledge.
Innovation in Science Communication (SOS 498/594, 3 pts)
Workshop course focuses on applying science knowledge and communication skills in "real world" settings. In partnership with Kahoot!, ASU students develop a sustainability solutions campaign for public release in April, with special Earth Day promotion.
Barnard College/Columbia University:
Exploring the Poles (FYSB BC1566, 3 pts)
The Arctic and Antarctic ranging from the perspective of the early polar explorers: Nansen, Scott and Amundsen, Shackleton up to modern future scenarios under climate change. Exploration of leadership and teamwork under extreme conditions, the role of luck vs. skill, communication strategies.
Environmental Science Senior Research Seminar (ENV BC 3800, 3801, 3 pts each)
Guided, independent, in-depth research culminating in senior essay. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and share results through oral and written reports. Presentations on scientific writing, speaking, career opportunities.—team taught, led by M. Stute, and faculty from the Columbia Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Responding to Climate Change (EESC W3000, 3 pts)
Analysis of climate change adaptation and mitigation options as well as communication strategies. Consideration of impacts of projected climate changes and scientific, technologic, economic, political, and behavioral aspects of potential mitigation options.
Earth’s Environmental Systems: Climate (ENV V 2100, 4.5 pts)
Origin and development of the atmosphere and oceans, formation of winds, storms and ocean currents, reasons for changes through geologic time. Recent influence of human activity. Laboratory exploration of topics through experimentation and computer analysis. – led from 1995-2007. Team taught with faculty from the Columbia Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Exhibitions: Engaging Public Understanding (SCPP BC3340, 1 pt)
Students work with curators and exhibition designers on conceptualization and research, design and preparation, writing interpretative material, and developing media and ancillary programming. Spring 2008: The American Museum of Natural History Climate exhibition. Spring 2009 The American Museum of Natural History Antarctic exhibition. – co-taught D. Harvey, American Museum of Natural History.
Energy Resources (ENV BC 3019, 3 pts)
Energy sources, present and future demand, national and international resources. Environmental impacts and economic and policy implications of energy production and use. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), environmental impacts of extraction, power plants, electricity distribution. Energy demand and technology. Present and potential use of nuclear fission, fusion, biomass, hydropower, wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
Environmental Data Analysis (ENV BC 3017, 3 pts)
Analysis and interpretation of real-time and historical environmental data. Multidisciplinary approaches to environmental problem-solving. Acquisition and processing of environmental information, assessment of spatial and temporal variability, use of computers for analysis and display. --with C. Rosenzweig (NASA/Goddard Institute of Space Studies). (Now taught by M. Stute)
Oceanography (ENV BC 3024, 3 pts)
Bathymetry, water mass structure, Coriolis force, geostrophic motion, gyres. Waves, tides, structure and function of coastal seas, general ocean circulation, deltas, estuaries, wetlands, beaches, marine sediments. Local and international concerns about ocean pollution. Chemical and biological oceanography, nutrients. Influences of sea level change and storms on coastal zone management.
Climate: Present, Past and Future (ENV BC 3031, 3 pts)
Earth's climate and how it has changed. Climate records from glacier and sediment cores, tree rings. Glacial-interglacial cycles. Potential impact of global warming on earth systems. Changing temperature, greenhouse gases, aerosols, sea level, rainfall, and their impact on food production, natural water and ecosystems.
Environmental Research (ENV BC 3997/8, variable pts)
Guided, independent, research.
Environmental Policy Practicum (INAF U4733, 1 pt)
Lecture series and discussion from a wide range of perspectives on environmental issues. Open to undergraduates in environmental science, graduate students in environment from all of Columbia's schools, and other interested parties on campus. Diverse speakers discuss environmental research and other activities. -- with D. Downie, J. Hays (Columbia School of International and Public Affairs).
Graduate Committees
Hyewon Kim, PhD candidate, 2017, Columbia University (member of Ph.D. defense committee)
Irina Gorodetskaya, PhD candidate, 2007, Columbia University (chaired Ph.D. defense)
Orals Committees, Columbia University: Yan Zheng, Yao Jin (chair)
Jessie Cherry, PhD candidate, 2006, Columbia University (chaired Ph.D. defense)
Amin Khalaf, Ph.D. candidate, 1997, Columbia University (outside member of Ph.D. defense committee)
Jennifer Monteith, MA, 1995, Columbia University (advisor)
Service to College/University/Institution
Arizona State University
Chair/Co-Chair
School of Ocean Futures, BIOS Director Search Committee, chair (2022-2024)
School of Ocean Futures, Task Force on Promotion and Tenure, chair (2023-2024)
School of Ocean Futures, Curriculum Planning, undergraduate lead (2023)
School of Ocean Futures, Program Assessment, undergraduate lead (2023)
School of Sustainability, Master of Sustainability Solutions Committee, chair (2019-2022)
University’s SEA Change Application: American Association for the Advancement of Science STEM Equity Achievement, vice chair(2019-2021)
School of Sustainability, Academic Program Review Committee, co-chair (2019-2020)
Member/Participation
School of Ocean Futures, mentor, Yvonne Sawall, Damian Grundle (2023-continuing)
School of Ocean Futures, Bylaws Committee (2023-2024)
University Provost’s Pilot Program on Promotion and Tenure (2023-2024)
College of Global Futures, Personnel Committee (2022-2024)
School of Ocean Futures, Curriculum Committee (2022-2023)
University Provost’s Faculty Advancement Task Force (2022-2024)
University 4A1 HLC Committee (2022)
University Provost Search Committee (2020)
School of Sustainability, Director Search Committee (2020-2021)
School of Sustainability, Capstone Working Group (2021-2022)
School of Sustainability, ESG Teaching Working Group (2021-2022)
School of Sustainability, Master of Sustainability Leadership Committee (2020-2021)
School of Sustainability, Strategic Planning Committee (2020)
Humanities Lab Advisory Board (2019-2021?)
Faculty Women’s Association Executive Board (2019-2021)
School of Sustainability, Master of Sustainability Solutions Committee (2018-2019)
School of Sustainability, Graduate Committee (2018-2022)
ASU ADVANCE Research Team (2018-2023), senior personnel (2021-2023+)
Barnard College/Columbia University
Chair/Co-Chair
Barnard Environmental Science Department (1993-present, chair then co-chair)
Columbia Earth Institute Faculty Development Committee (member 2012-2018, chair 2014-2017)
Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch’s review (2017-2018)
Peter Bower’s review (2015-2016)
Columbia Earth Institute Education Committee (1996-1999, co-chair with D. Hayes 1998-1999, chair 2003-2013, now member)
Search for Environmental Science lab instructor (summer 2013)
Columbia Arts and Sciences tenure case (2012)
Peter Bower’s review (2010-2011)
Tenure Ad Hoc for Columbia faculty member (2010)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory PhD defense, Columbia (2009)
Tenure Ad Hoc Committee for Barnard faculty member (2009)
Diane Dittrick’s review (2008-2009)
Tenure Ad Hoc Committee for Barnard faculty member (2008)
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physical Oceanography Search Committee (member and interim chair)
Fostering Achievement Seminar, co-chair, supported by CHAS and Provost’s office (2005-2013)
Director of Interdisciplinary Initiatives (2007-2010)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory PhD defense, Columbia (2006)
Martin Stute’s promotion to Full Professor (2006)
Peter Bower’s nomination for faculty-wide teaching award (2006)
Fostering Achievement Seminar, co-chair, supported by CHAS (2005-2006)
Search for Lab Director (2005)
Search for Environmental Chemistry position (2005)
10-year External Review of Environmental Science Department (2003-2004)
Columbia Earth System Science, Policy and Management MPA, search committee for Environmental scientist, development of Summer of Science program (2001-2002)
Tenure case for Assistant Professor Martin Stute, 1999-2000
Environmental Chemistry Search Committee, 1997-1999, 2000-2001
Columbia Biosphere 2 Science Center Long-Range Strategy Committee (1996-1997)
Science Research and Education Committee, Black Rock Forest Board of Directors (co-chair with H.J. Simpson, 1994-1996)
Barnard Environmental Science Advisory Committee (1993–1996)
Environmental Defense Fund Staff Advisory Committee (1989–1990)
Environmental Defense Fund SAC Personnel Subcommittee (1988-1990)
Member/Participation
Columbia Provost’s Interdisciplinary Working Group (2017-2018)
Barnard Presidential Implementation Team on Divestment (2017-2018)
Barnard First Year Seminar Advisory Committee (2017-2018)
Barnard Health Professions Advisory Committee (2016-2018)
Columbia Earth Institute Education Committee (2013-2018)
Columbia Earth Institute Faculty (2009-2018)
Columbia Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, faculty member (1993-2018)
Barnard Presidential Task Force on Divestment (2016-2017)
Sedelia Rodriguez 3rd year review (2015-2016)
Columbia Tenure Review Advisory Committee for Barnard cases (2011-2014, 2015-2016)
Brian Mailloux's tenure case (2013-2014)
Search for Environmental Science program manager (spring 2013)
Columbia Earth Institute Unit Review Committee (2012-2015)
Columbia Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Curriculum Committee (2009-2014)
Columbia Center for Research on Environmental Decision-making, center funded by NSF, member of advisory committee (2005-2015)
Columbia School of Continuing Education Sustainability Curriculum Management Committee (2012-2014)
Barnard College Committee on Appointments, Tenure and Promotion (fall 2010, alternate spring 2011-2013)
Barnard Representative to the Board of Trustees (2009-2011)
Columbia Environmental Health Sciences Department Chair search committee (2008-2009)
Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch’s 5 year review (member, 2010-2011)
Reforming Undergraduate Education in Environmental Engineering at Columbia University sponsored by the NSF Department Level Reform (DLR) Program: member of advisory committee (2005-2011)
Brian Mailloux’s 3rd year review (member, 2008-2009)
Barnard Presidential Search Committee (2007-2008)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Diversity Position Search Committee
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Cryosphere Search Committee (2006-2008)
E3B Denning Chair Senior Faculty Search Committee (2007-2008)
Faculty Finance and Resources Committee (2002-2005, 2005-2008)
Earth Institute Academic Committee, ex-officio (2003-2009)
SAC/PAC River Summer (2006)
SAC Science Leadership Initiative (2007)
DEES paleoceanography junior and senior faculty position (2006)
Participate on search for 2 Mellon postdocs (search chaired by Stute) (2006)
Participate on search for 1 Mellon program director (search chaired by Stute) (2006)
Member of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research scientist ad hoc (2005)
Member of Barnard tenure ad hoc (2005)
ADVANCE co-PI, member of executive committee
Member of ad hoc for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research scientist
Environmental Science and Policy MPA Review Team
Barnard Education Director, search committee (2001-2002)
Columbia Advisory Council for a Masters of Public Administration in Earth Systems Science, Policy and Management; Chair, Natural Sciences Curriculum Development (2000-present), Member, Admissions Selection Team (2001-2002)
Columbia Biosphere 2 Faculty Council (2001-2005)
Columbia Task Force on Undergraduate Education, member Curriculum and Promotional committees (2000-present)
Barnard Faculty Lifecycles Analysis Team (2000-present)
Columbia Committee on Science Instruction, Ad Hoc Member (2000-present)
Columbia Earth Institute joint CEI/Mellon/Barnard postdoctoral search committee (2001)
Columbia’s Biosphere 2 Center Education Director Search Committee, 2000
Doherty Scholar Ad Hoc Promotion Review Committee, 2000
Columbia Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute, Executive committee (1999-2004), Post-Doc search committee (2002)
Columbia Earth Institute Earth Science Leadership Search Committee, 1999-2000
Columbia Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee, 1999
Columbia Earthscape Editorial Advisory Board (1998-1999)
Columbia Earth Institute Public Affairs Advisory Committee (1998-2000)
Columbia University’s Biosphere 2 Center, Earth Learning Center Advisory Committee (1997-1998)
Columbia Ad Hoc Undergraduate Curriculum Committee in Earth and Environmental Science (1995-1998)
Barnard Faculty Advisory Committee (1995-1997)
Black Rock Forest Board of Directors, Barnard representative (1994-1997), alternate (1993)
Barnard Committee on Instruction (1993-1996)
Barnard Advisory Board of the Center for Research on Women (1994-1995)
Columbia Earth Institute: Member of Executive Committee and committees on Undergraduate Education, Public Outreach, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Committee on Education and Outreach (1996-1998)
Columbia's Sexual Misconduct Hearing Panelist (1996-1997)
Columbia Advisor to the Biosphere 2 Center Education Program (1996)
Columbia Earth and Environmental Science Department Schermerhorn Space Committee (1995-1996)
Columbia Committee on the Lamont Nature Sanctuary (1994-1996)
Columbia Global Systems Initiative Project Planning Group (1994-1996)
Columbia Global and Climate Change/Environmental Science Search Committee (1994)
Columbia Earth and Environmental Science Department Committee on Faculty-Student Relations (1994)
Columbia Steering Committee for the Distinguished Speaker Series on the Global Environment (1994)
Columbia Steering Committee for the Global Environment Faculty Seminar Series (1994)
Columbia Subcommittee on Education and Training of the Columbia Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (1994)
Grants
National Science Foundation NNA Track 1: Collaborative Research: ARC-NAV: Arctic Robust Communities-Navigating Adaptation to Variability. PI-Abigail York (PI), Co-PIs-Shauna BurnSilver, Stephanie Pfirman, Andrey Petrov, Bruno Tremblay, Andrew Mahoney, Tatiana Degai, John Anderies, Robert Newton. 2019 to 2024. Award #1928235. ASU share $1,415,570, ca. $3 million total.
National Science Foundation. ASU ADVANCE Institutional Transformation. Miki Kittilson (Principal Investigator), Erin Carr-Jordan, Lenore Dai, Sharon Hall, Monica Gaughan, (Co-Principal Investigators), Stephanie Pfirman, Senior Personnel. 2018-2023. Award Amount: $2,999,743.
National Science Foundation RAPID: Winners and Losers when Science Moves Home: Differential Effects of COVID-19 based on Discipline, Caregiving, and Career Stage. Award Number: 2030013; Principal Investigator: Monica Gaughan; Co-Principal Investigator: Barry Bozeman, Stephanie Pfirman, Miki Kittilson; 2020-2022; Award Amount: $175,687.
National Science Foundation, OPP-ANT CCEP-II: Polar Learning and Responding: POLAR Climate Change Education Partnership (S. Pfirman, J. Lee, P. Schlosser, R. Steiner, E. Sparrow) 2011-2018, $5,600,000
Future Ocean, Kiel, Germany. Marine Spatial Planning Interactive. (J. Schmidt and S. Pfirman) $68,000
Office of Naval Research Forecasting future sea ice conditions in the MIZ: a Lagrangian approach (B. Tremblay, R. Newton, S. Pfirman, W. Meier) 5/27/11, $442,141
A 5oC Arctic in a 2oC World Workshop, 2016 (P. Schlosser, S. Pfirman, R. Pomerance, B. Ack)
Funding:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Climate Center
WWF
White Arctic, Blue Arctic: Exploring Sea Ice Restoration Workshop, 2013 (P. Schlosser, S. Pfirman, B. Newton, R. Pomerance)
Funding:
Flora Family Foundation
Heising-Simons Foundation
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Climate Center
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation, OPP-ANT CCEP-I: Polar Learning And Responding: POLAR Climate Partnership (S. Pfirman, O.R. Anderson, P. Schlosser, R. Kinzler, E. Sparrow) 3/15/2011, Supplement: ca. $240,000
National Science Foundation, OPP-ANT CCEP-I: Polar Learning And Responding: POLAR Climate Partnership (S. Pfirman, O.R. Anderson, P. Schlosser, R. Kinzler, E. Sparrow) 9/9/2010, ca. $1,000,000
National Science Foundation, DUE Climate Change Education 0950396 Creating a Learning Community for Solutions to Climate Change. PI. D Blockstein, Co-PIs D. Hassenzahl, A. Bloom, A. Jorgensen, B. Benedict, S. Pfirman, Council for Science and the Environment/ CEDD 10/01/2009, $1,666,820
Mellon Foundation. Environmental Science Program Support (S. Pfirman and M. Stute) 2010-2012, $450,000
Mellon Foundation. Learning in the Museum: Pilot Program, (Higonnet, A. and S. Pfirman) 2009-2011 (no cost extension), $50,000
Mellon Foundation, River Summer (Pfirman, S.) 2008-2012, $300,000
New York State of Environmental Conservation: River Summer (Pfirman, S.) $30,000
National Science Foundation, OPP-ARC, Vulnerability of the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone (Pfirman, S., B. Tremblay, R. Newton) 7/15/2010-12/31/2010, Supplement: $28,494
National Science Foundation, OPP-ARC New York City International Polar Weekend (Pfirman, S.) 2008 and 2009, $40,218
National Science Foundation, OPP-ARC, Vulnerability of the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone (Pfirman, S., B. Tremblay, R. Newton) 7/15/2006-12/31/2010, $315,574
National Science Foundation, OPP-ARC, Baltimore International Polar Weekend (Pfirman, S. and M. Turrin), ca. $35,000
National Science Foundation, NSF SBE 02-45014, ADVANCE Institutional transformation award: Earth Institute of Columbia University (Bell, R., PI; Cane, M., Balstad-Miller, R.; Mutter, J.; Pfirman, S.; co-PI's) ca. $4,200,000
PKAL-KECK Facilitating Interdisciplinary Learning Project, Keck Foundation, 2008-2010, $500,000 (Narum, J., S. Elrod, M. Kerchner, S. Pfirman)
Mellon Foundation, Environmental Science (Pfirman, S.) $294,000
Women, Minorities and Interdisciplinarity, Workshop November 12-13, 2007
Social Science Research Council, $8,000
EI ADVANCE, $15,000
Barnard Provost’s fund, $2,000
Barnard Gildersleeve, $7,000
Columbia University, $5,000
National Science Foundation 0723343 An IPY Symposium: New York and Polar Research - A Partnership Spanning the Centuries (Pfirman, S. and R. MacPhee) 03/15/2007-02/29/2008, $27,928
Mellon Foundation: A River Summer on the Hudson (Pfirman, S.) $200,000
National Science Foundation 04-565 CCLI A&I, Discovering the Hudson River Estuary through Experiential Curriculum in Environmental Science at Barnard College, (Pfirman, S. P. Bower, M. Stute, T. Kenna) $150,000
Consortium for High Achievement and Success, Fostering Achievement Seminar, (Shepard, K. and Pfirman, S.) $6,500
Teagle Foundation, Integrative Learning in Liberal Education: A Case Study (Pfirman, S. and Cronin, J.) $75,951
National Science Foundation OPP 04-03532, Bridging the Poles: Education linked with research (Pfirman, S., PI; Bell, R.) $97,998
Mellon Foundation, Environmental Science Department Support (Pfirman, S.) 1/1/00-12/31/04, $295,000
National Science Foundation. Environmental Molecular Science Institute at Columbia University: Microscopic chemical sources and sinks at liquid/solid interfaces (R.M. Osgood and G.W. Flynn + 6 others including Pfirman, S.) 9/1/99 to 8/31/04, $5,000,000
National Science Foundation, Synthesis and integration of riverine, oceanic and sea ice tracer/contaminant data with high resolution coupled ocean-sea ice models (Pfirman, S. and Schlosser, P.) 6/1/97 to 8/31/01, $290,000
Office of Naval Research, Incorporation of Radionuclides in Arctic Sea Ice (Pfirman, S. and Anderson, R.) 4/1/95 to 4/31/98, $150,000
National Science Foundation, Renovation of departments of psychology and environmental science (Balsam, P. and Pfirman, S.) 10/1/95 to 9/31/99, $1,200,000,
National Science Foundation, The role of the Arctic Ocean in global climate: identifying the ice export from the Arctic Ocean into the Greenland Sea during the last 300 ka by IRD tracers (Darby, D., Bischoff, J., Pfirman, S. and Spielhagen, R.) $249,953,
National Science Foundation, Origin, development and transport of Arctic sea ice (Pfirman, S.) 1/10/95 to 9/31/97, $99,863
Black Rock Forest, Water Chemistry and Meteorology of the Black Rock Forest Region: Research and Education, (Pfirman, S.) 5/1/95-9/30/97, $5,000
National Science Foundation, Environmental Measurements Lab at Barnard College (Pfirman, S. and Bower, P.) 7/1/95 to 6/30/97, $23,196
National Science Foundation, A new approach to earth and environmental science undergraduate instruction (Hays, J.D. and Pfirman, S.) 3/1/95 to 2/28/97, $150,000
National Science Foundation, Global warming exhibition and interpretative programs (Taylor, S. and Pfirman, S.) 8/1/91 to 7/31/93, MDR-9150138, $1,001,278
Office of Naval Research., Potential contribution of radionuclides from drifting, river-influenced Arctic sea ice (Pfirman, S. and Colony, R.) 6/1/94 to 5/31/96, $103,421
U.S. State Department, The Arctic at risk: environmental assessment and policy perspectives for the 1990s (Pfirman, S. and Hajost, S.) 9/30/93 to 12/31/94, $79,500
National Science Foundation, Sediment-laden sea ice in the Eurasian Arctic: sediment sources, ice floe development, and impact on climate, (Pfirman, T.S. Ledley, M.A. Lange): 4/1/90 to 3/31/94, $161,706
Office of Naval Research, Sedimentary dynamics of the deep eastern Arctic basin and its approaches (Thiede, J. and Pfirman, S.) 12/1/87 to 11/30/91, N00014-88-J-1087, $170,000
Consultantships
2009-2022 Sherman Fairchild Foundation
2019 American-Scandinavian Foundation
2017-2018 National Geographic
2017 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2010-16 Luce Foundation
2009-13 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2009-10 American Museum of Natural History, Antarctica Exhibition
1996 20th Century Fox, Climate change feature film